On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:14:23AM -0800, Gruessle wrote: > > > > From: Joseph A. Nagy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:06 AM > > > > On Wednesday 17 December 2003 11:38 am, Kent West wrote: > > > James Miller wrote: > > > >Ok. This thread has piqued (not to be confused with peaked or > > > > peeked) my interest. I've just set up a Debian machine and was > > > > hoping to use gpm, since I like to use alot of console apps in > > > > virtual terminals. Having gpm running was wreaking (not to be > > > > confused with reeking) havoc with the mouse under X - > > even though I > > > > had X trying to read mouse output from /dev/gpmdata. The only way > > > > I could get the mouse cursor to get back to normal > > behavior under X > > > > was killall gpm. So, what was I doing wrong? I'd be delighted if > > > > I could get gpm to cooperate with the mouse cursor under X. > > > > > > Your /etc/gpm.conf file will look something like: > > > > > > device=/dev/psaux > > > responsiveness=25 > > > type=imps2 > > > repeat_type=raw > > > > > > > > > and your /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 file, Input Device section will look > > > something like: > > > Section "InputDevice" > > > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > > > Driver "mouse" > > > Option "CorePointer" > > > Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" > > > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > > EndSection > > > > > > I do have a file called |gpmdata in /dev/ but the size is 0 and > it shows up black in mc plus it has this "|" in front > And last date changed shows just a few min. ago. > Looks like that file got corrupted somehow when I did the change to > XFConfig-4. > How do I get that file fixed? > My X id not working at all anymore until I can fix this. > And why did that happen? >
This sounds right. Its a virtual file (you also have a stdin, stdout and stderr if you'll look) that represents a data pipe. On my laptop: ls -l /dev/gpmdata prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 18 15:48 /dev/gpmdata > -- > Gruessle > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
